It was ridiculous that he just kept throwing up zeroes. He barely gave up any baserunners.It’s insane how good of a start that Lowe provided in G7 on two days rest, after throwing almost 90 pitches in G4.
It was ridiculous that he just kept throwing up zeroes. He barely gave up any baserunners.It’s insane how good of a start that Lowe provided in G7 on two days rest, after throwing almost 90 pitches in G4.
I recall thinking that the Yankees just looked so defeated right at the start….their only energy that game WAS Pedro. Seemed like they knew they lost. The Pedro inning barely made me nervous- almost felt like Tito was toying with the crowd at that point.69 pitches in 6 innings! Fatigued pitcher and a wiped out pen, you’d think the Yankees would have worked the count a bit. Of course, they should have tried bunting off Schilling too.
The bolded has been discussed here as well. Bunting was not as obvious of a decision as it's sometimes made out to be. The Yankees lineup was not built for bunting; Jeter and Cairo were the only ones any good at it. And the game situations made bunting less attractive of an option as well.69 pitches in 6 innings! Fatigued pitcher and a wiped out pen, you’d think the Yankees would have worked the count a bit. Of course, they should have tried bunting off Schilling too.
I've been dead for six years at this point.I am fairly certain that the 2003 and 2004 playoffs took several years off of whatever number of years I have left
I remember Bill Simmons writing in his book: "Looks like Francona just inadvertently plugged Yankee Stadium back into its socket." when he put Pedro in the game.I just pulled up my copy of Francona: The Red Sox Years and, hilariously, it opened to that exaxtpassage in that game immediately (in fairness, it’s right before the picture inserts). Here’s what it says:
I love Tito unconditionally but a lot of that kind of sounds like bullshit.
No, I'd say the ultimate embarrassment would have been to give up the lead* – and I trust that Francona would have pulled him before that happened (wasn't that basically one of the interview questions when replacing Little? "Would you have pulled Pedro in that situation?")Another question is after the first 4 batters, how much more would it have required to have Tito to have to go lift Pedro? That would have been the ultimate embarrass for Pedro, to not get out of one inning.
I loved Simmons comment in the 30 for 30 that bringing in Pedro and juicing up the Yankee Stadium crowd was like waiving a baby in front of a pit bull.I remember Bill Simmons writing in his book: "Looks like Francona just inadvertently plugged Yankee Stadium back into its socket." when he put Pedro in the game.
Also, as someone lucky enough to be at the game, the Red Sox were positioned to dissuade the bunt. Mueller was way in for many of the batters; not sure how much they did or didn't show that on TV but sitting there live it was pretty clear the Sox were anticipating the bunt, which made it tougher for Yankees to execute. I also agree the yankees were not built to do that a lot anyway.The bolded has been discussed here as well. Bunting was not as obvious of a decision as it's sometimes made out to be. The Yankees lineup was not built for bunting; Jeter and Cairo were the only ones any good at it. And the game situations made bunting less attractive of an option as well.